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Show ; put them on for our mothers in the back yard. They were probably prob-ably so boring that our mothers could easily have dropped off to sleep but they were valiant and watched to the end. The host yard's mother often provided some cookies after our great act was over. We would have sleep overs on the grass out in the back yard. Do you know that when you wake up in the morning, turn onto your tummy and look down between the grass blades, you can see a world of insects, such as ants, going about doing their daily work really early? When we began to notice the difference in boys and girls, that was a shocker! For years we had played hide and seek and all these games and never thought about two of us hiding in the same place, but when we got to be young teens, we noticed a difference. The boys were kind of cute. Hateful, but still kind of cute. Dale Bramble was a little younger than me but he was turning into a real doll, if you know what I mean. Of course, playing hide and seek did not last too long into our teens but for a while there it wasn't too bad! by Marcella Walker July is almost here and with it comes the heart of the Summer! Sum-mer! I say that because I love Summer. It is my favorite season sea-son of the year by far. For one thing, July is warm, often hot. I like that. However, it always seem to go too fast. There is a lot of things to do in July. It is the month of the Fourth of July when we celebrate cel-ebrate our nation's birth. It is the month of July 24th, when we celebrate the arrival of the Mormon Mor-mon Pioneers to this desert that turned into a great state. Both of these holidays are wonderful for picnics, fireworks, being with family and friends, and camping. camp-ing. Remember when we were children and all the fun there was with sparklers, and other fireworks of the day. Of course, there was not as many different kinds of fireworks available as there are today. Boys had cap guns which made a noise when the trigger was pulled. We had friends who would get the spectacular kinds of fireworks which were shot into the air in our backyard. (I wonder why that was even allowed al-lowed in a place which could have so easily catch fire? They don't allow things like that anymore any-more in a backyard but it is alright al-right at the fairgrounds, etc.) Summer and July is the time for swimming at the pool or running through the sprinkler in the yard. It is vacation time and going to the canyons for picnics or camping out. We had so much fun in our neighborhood when I was young. Life was not so fast in passing then, it seems, as it is today. I was lucky to be born when life was a little slower and especially espe-cially the summers were great and I cherish the memories. We lived on a half street in that it only went a block or two before stopping and picking up somewhere several blocks away. That eliminated a lot of ttaffic on our block so that playing in the street in the evenings was not hazardous. Often parents sat on the front porch watching us while we played or visiting with the neighbors on either side. Us kids often made up games to play, and we sometimes some-times had squabbles but we soon got over them. We also made up talent shows or plays and You don't see kids out playing these games in their yards nowadays, like we used to do. In fact, I don't see many kids outside playing at all anymore except when you go to the park to watch ball games. What ever happened to street ball, anyway? Anyway, it will be July in a few days and I am looking look-ing forward to it and all the excitement it brings. Maybe we can go camping and do some fun things like that between July 4 and July 24 just to keep the good times going! Hey, live it up everybody! |